2015年MPA考试辅导英语讲义难点精析(13)

　　13. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ______ .

　　A. tradition B. transportation

　　C. transmission D. transformation

　　14. The football game comes to you ______ from New York.

　　A. lively B. alive C. live D. living

　　15. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have _____ supplies of petroleum.

　　A. proficient B. efficient

　　C. potential D. sufficient

　　16. Britain has the highest _____ of road traffic in the world-over 60 cars for every mile of road.

　　A. popularity B. density

　　C. intensity D. prosperity

　　17. They are trying to _____ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.

　　A. expose B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exploit

　　18. All their attempts to _____ the child from the burning building were in vain.

　　A. regain B. recover C. rescue D. reserve

　　19. Some plants are very _____ to light; they prefer the shade.

　　A. sensible B. flexible C. objective D. sensitive

　　20. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

　　A. convention B. confinement C. principle D. discipline

　　21. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.

　　A. presentation B. precaution C. preparation D. prediction

　　22. ______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

　　A. Perceiving B. Penetrating C. Puzzling D. Preserving

　　23. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.

　　A. reserve B. restrain C. retain D. replace

　　24. He never arrives on time and my _______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.

　　A. preference B. conference C. inference D. reference

　　25. As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face_______. for five million dollars

　　A. deposited B. assured C. measured D. insured

　　26. Because of his excellent administration , people lived in peace and _____ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of .

　　A. conviction B. contest C. consent D. content

　　27. Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) _______ way to deal with some stressful situation .

　　A. effective B. efficient C. favorable D. favorite

　　28.The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.

　　A. rewarded B. awarded C. credited D. prized